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JAPAN
Jul 14, 1998

Conference points to industry as e-commerce trailblazer

U.S. and Japanese business leaders stressed in a joint statement Tuesday that the industrial sector should exercise leadership in the development of electronic commerce, which they expect will drive future economic growth.
JAPAN
Jul 14, 1998

Japan-U.S. confab finishes with call for bank action, stimulus

Businesspeople from the United States and Japan released a joint statement Tuesday urging Tokyo to swiftly adopt measures to restore the stability of, and confidence in, the Japanese banking sector, as well as to bolster domestic demand through tax cuts and deregulation.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1998

Ex-health vice minister sentenced to two years for bribery

A former top bureaucrat at the Health and Welfare Ministry was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday and fined 63.69 million yen for bribery in connection with the construction of special subsidized nursing homes.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Earnings gap widens among midsize life insurers

The business performance of the nation's eight second-tier life insurance firms in fiscal 1997 indicates that the gap between the stronger and weaker companies is widening, earnings reports released Tuesday showed.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 1998

JAL suffers 94.2 billion yen net loss

Japan Airlines suffered a net loss of 94.2 billion yen in the 1997 business year after writing off accumulated deficits and losses from affiliates.
JAPAN
May 22, 1998

Corporate profits fall first time in four years; city banks see red

Profit levels at most corporations declined for the first time in four years in the 1997 business year to March 31, with at least six of the nation's nine giant "city banks" falling into the red, according to earnings results released through Friday.
JAPAN
May 14, 1998

Societe Generale renews focus on Japan

Societe Generale said Thursday that it would change its business logo in Japan to SG Japan, adding that it plans to galvanize its operations here, especially in the areas of mutual funds and development of new products.
JAPAN
May 4, 1998

Tokyo-Mitsubishi chief defends wining, dining customs

Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 24, 1998

Saudi prince welcomes all kinds of investment

Saudi Arabia will spare no effort to accommodate Japanese investors, visiting Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz said April 24.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 1998

Mazda forecasts highest profits since '90

Mazda Motor Corp. said April 23 that it will post its highest profits since 1990 in a revised estimate of earnings for the 1997 business year, which ended in March.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 1998

Nissan downgrades '97 earnings projections

Due to lackluster sales and huge evaluation losses on marketable securities, Nissan Motor Co. on Friday announced a downward revision of its unconsolidated business forecast for the 1997 business year.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 1998

Economy under downward pressure, deflationary risk: BOJ

The economy remains in the doldrums, plagued by weak domestic demand and facing strong downward pressure, the Bank of Japan said April 13 in a monthly economic report gloomier than last month's.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 1998

AT&T Japan names new president

In a move to integrate its groupwide operations here, AT&T Japan announced April 6 the appointment of Darryl E. Green as its new president.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 1998

Enterprise Spirit: Entrepreneur cashes in on Internet telephony

17th in a series of occasional articles on venture businesses
JAPAN
Mar 26, 1998

Ceramics-maker turns bottles into bucks

Sixteenth in a series of occasional articles on venture businesses
JAPAN
Mar 17, 1998

JAL's president, chairman to resign in June

Akira Kondo, president of Japan Airlines Co., and Susumu Yamaji, JAL's chairman, will step down in June to take responsibility for the carrier's poor performance, it was announced March 17.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 1998

Foreign firms attempt to cash in on Tokyo's real estate bargains

Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 13, 1998

Mitsui Marine & Fire decides against Sanyo takeover

Mitsui Marine & Fire Insurance Co. announced March 13 that it has dropped a plan to take over part of failed Sanyo Securities Co. because it is unlikely the company will be able to make a profit.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1998

ANA changes profit forecast to loss

All Nippon Airways Co. announced Thursday that it is revising its forecast of a 2.3 billion yen net profit in its business report for the term that ends in March 1998 into a 3.2 billion yen net loss.
JAPAN
Feb 20, 1998

Contractors face collapse as banks gird for Big Bang

Last in a series
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1998

Transport chief seeks to end officials' free plane rides

Transport Minister Takao Fujii said Tuesday that he has ordered ministry officials to consider abolishing a half-century-old practice under which Civil Aviation Bureau officials get free rides on Japanese airline firms for business trips.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 1998

JNR sells off pricey Tokyo station plots

Japanese National Railway Settlements Corp. announced Tuesday that a 1.2-hectare plot of land in front of JR Tokyo Station will be sold to a team comprising Mitsubishi Estate Co. and Nippon Life Insurance Co.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 1998

Kagawa makes bid to lure more foreign tourists

KOTOHIRA, Kagawa Pref. -- In order to visit the 3,000-year-old Kompira Shrine, which still attracts millions of pilgrims and tourists here each year, a long, steep slope of 1,368 stone steps must first be conquered.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 1998

NEC's profit to plunge to 45 billion yen

Due to lackluster sales of personal computers and electronic devices, NEC Corp. announced Wednesday that its consolidated net profit will plunge to 45 billion yen in the 1997 business year, down 51 percent from its previous estimate of 80 billion yen."Investment in information technology was supposed...
JAPAN
Jan 26, 1998

Merging U.S. guarantors to set up shop in Tokyo

MBIA Inc. and CapMAC Holdings, two major U.S. financial guarantors set to merge in March, will set up an office in Tokyo this summer to enhance their business in the Japanese market, the firms' CEOs announced Monday.Financial guarantors assure investors of the principal and interest of municipal or...
JAPAN
Jan 26, 1998

BOJ tells banks to restore trust, dispose of loans

Bank of Japan Gov. Yasuo Matsushita urged Japanese financial institutions Monday to expedite the disposal of their bad loans and reinforce their capital bases to regain the trust of the markets, saying financial market players are taking an increasingly severe look at their financial health.At the opening...
JAPAN
Jan 21, 1998

Osaka projects in 668 billion yen of red ink

OSAKA -- One-quarter of Osaka's high-profile, third-sector projects are now 668 billion yen in the red, but city officials are still pumping money into them in the hopes they will eventually turn a profit.Third-sector projects, which are corporations jointly established by Osaka and private businesses,...
JAPAN
Jan 20, 1998

Ushio urges businesses to curtail wining, dining expenses

The business sector should try to cap its social expenses to sharply reduce the amount spent on wining and dining, Jiro Ushio, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), said Tuesday.Ushio's remarks come after police arrested former executives of Nomura Securities Co....
JAPAN
Jan 16, 1998

Kobe Revisited: City rebuilding economic strength

Staff writerKOBE -- Three years after an early morning earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale resulted in the loss of more than 6,400 lives and left tens of thousands homeless, Kobe has rebuilt most of its economic infrastructure. But its recovery has not come without criticism over the plight...
JAPAN
Jan 13, 1998

Armed man holds official hostage at Tokyo Stock Exchange

A man in his 40s wielding what appeared to be a pistol took a hostage Tuesday and holed up in the governor's suite on the 14th floor of the Tokyo Stock Exchange building, demanding to meet with the finance minister, police said.The man, clad in a business suit, took captive Masahiro Abe, 50, an exchange...
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Tokyo’s take on that viral chocolate from Dubai
Cafe N°_5's take on the Dubai chocolate craze that has been circulating on social media over the past few months is a mix of bitter and sweet.
Hiroshi Kurosaki looks beyond Japan for heart-wrenching drama
Hiroshi Kurosaki’s Netflix series “Beyond Goodbye” centers on a woman (Kasumi Arimura, left) who discovers her dead lover’s heart saved the life of a quiet pianist (Kentaro Sakaguchi).
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
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